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To bring some diverse experience into the discussion on health care reform here in the USA, I’ve asked my friends in Europe to share how health care works in their lives. In this third of four entries, here are comments from my Italian friends:

To bring some diverse experience into the discussion on health care reform here in the USA, I’ve asked my friends in Europe to share how health care works in their lives. In this second of four entries, here are comments from my British friends:

To bring some diverse experience into the discussion on health care reform here in the USA, I’ve asked my friends in Europe to share how health care works in their lives. In this four-part series, we’ll start with the most highly taxed and socialistic part of Europe: Scandinavia.

I’ve been in San Francisco for a couple of days ‘ giving talks, enjoying a bit of the Bay Area, and meeting with travel publishers and travel editors. Today was filled with philosophy about the role of a travel writer and tour guide. I’m not sure exactly what we were talking about, but it stirred my …
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I love recommending good restaurants in my guidebooks. But they seem to have a quality arc and often don’t belong in a good guidebook forever. Typically they start tentative, become stars, get lazy and greedy, and then often fall out.

There’s an exciting buzz among travelers and travel publishers about electronic books replacing paper ones. For those of us in travel publishing, this is a season of digital scrambling. And users’ heads are spinning with all the new technological options: iPhone apps, books on phones, electronic books …
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The world honors our president with its most prestigious award ‘ the Nobel Peace Prize. And, somehow, many Americans find a way to twist it into a negative. I’m perplexed. For a decade I’ve prayed that our country could retake its position as a leader among nations. Suddenly, we’re there. The ideals …
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Last year we traveled together via this blog through Iran. That experience inspired me to write my Travel as a Political Act book. And since then, my life has been enriched by lots of connections with people who care about peace with the Muslim world. For instance, two nights ago I shared a …
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People often ask me, “So when are you going to expand into Asia?” I love Asia. I once traveled there as much as in Europe (and even wrote a book back in the early ’90s called Asia Through the Back Door). But I can’t just “expand into Asia” and do a worthwhile job.

Thanks for your help. So many great comments! No one came to the defense of “Mediterranean Hopscotch.” So Rich will get his way. I will propose “Mediterranean Mosaic” to the public television network for the name of the series.

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